ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Ammonia chemical ionization (CI) mass spectra of various open-chain, cyclic and unsaturated C5- to C10-alcohols were obtained at source temperatures ranging from 60° to 250°C. The reactivity of the ammonia adduct ion MNH4+ and its fragmentation channels are characteristic for substrate structure. Although strongly temperature-dependent, the spectra give nevertheless information on the OH-group environment as well as on the C-skeleton at any source temperature. Primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols as well as allylic and simple olefinic alcohols can be distinguished by their spectra, which show ammonium adduct ions [MNH4]+, adduct dehydrogenation ions [MNH4-H2], ammonium substitution ions [MNH4-H2O]+ and [M-OH]+-ions as the main characteristic peaks. Moreover, konfigurational assignments of stereoisomeric alcohols are possible for larger substrate-size and source-temperature ranges than with isobutane CI mass spectrometry. Homologous M NH4+-ions show molecular-size control of fragmentation and linear MNH4+-ions are less stable than branched isomers due to incomplete energy randomization.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19840670219
